Facing the dragon?
On St George’s Day I got to thinking about facing dragons and often People Professionals need to face all sorts of dragons!! In a perfect world the need to face a dragon would not be there, as employer and employee would be working in perfect harmony. Do I hear a...
What’s art got to do with it?
Please forgive me going all poppy on you and for changing a word in the impressive Tina Turner song. Haywards Heath is an interesting town to live in if you dig a bit! For example we have an Annual Art Trail – this is a walk around the town to look at different...
Cautionary Tails….
Well that is Easter over and done with and whilst I feel a bit guilty that the dreaded four letter work - sorry, word - did not occur much, I know that some of our candidates were hard at it! So well done for all that dedication and devotion to your studies! I was...
Secret of the universe – 42?
It’s nearly time for a well earned break – the Easter Holidays are upon us!! So instead of talking about Easter Eggs how about a quiz to while away all that free time? We will send a bottle of the lovely Ridgeview Sparkling Wine to the six best entries. Hopefully...
Mind synergy or Mind meld – what ever it is it is invigorating!
A fun week for me so far over on the lovely Isle of Man speaking at the CIPD Branch Conference this year. The theme was Building Success through Employee Engagement - I was in excellent company: Cathy Brown, Executive Director, Engage for Success Christine Amyes,...
Thank you …Thank you!…Thank you!!…Thank you!!!
It is really important to say thank you and we have an amazingly long list of people to thank this week! First and foremost thank you for helping us raise £500 for Red Nose Day – the merry band of people who attended our evening at Café Rouge were challenged by Tamara...
Doing something funny for money…
Noses up! We are getting into collection mode now as Friday comes up close and personal.Our lovely Gina had a significant birthday last week so we celebrated it on Tuesday evening and just to spice up the event some of us were brave and got our faces painted. See...
Funny Faces
One of the good things about age is that you can link up with some of the best of our traditions such as Red Nose Day. Those of you who know us well will not be surprised to know that we supported the first Red Nose Day in 1988. The concept of merchandising had...
Plus ça change!
Two Circle of Peers events down, so now on to the Isle of Man and Gibraltar! Thinking about the next two weeks and the last two events I was struck by a couple of things hence the title of today’s blog! It is not like me to be cynical, but I did think about how we...
What’s in a strap line?
My mind does wander and whirl around a bit – the least thing can set it going! Carol and I often P about a bit – we are both MBTI Perceivers which when combined with our high Extrovert preferences can make us a nightmare to deal with and we often talk to each other...
Resilience in times of chaos
We are living in really interesting times. No I am not thinking of the Chinese saying! Pointers to me are: the speed of change – ever faster, insistent and demanding our attention 24/7. Alvin Toffler’s 3rd Wave – the post industrial society or the information age...
A case of examination?
Not the latest Silent Witness or a re-run of Poirot – sorry for those who love puzzles! This week comes under the word “interesting” for our Advanced Diploma candidates who are taking their examinations this week. Our fabulous Gina and amazing Vicki have been...
A C of Cs
Cryptic heading isn’t it? I was thinking again about Continuing Professional Development and pondering on the CIPD behaviours. Three of my favourite behaviours are: Curious Courage to Challenge Credible All good areas to work on, the last one is perhaps the most...
Catching up…and time for your own development…
Well into week two after coming back to work! I am not sure if it is any easier and we are now over half way into January – is it me or is time speeding up? Thinking about my own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) I attended a really useful session today...
Happy New Year!!
Well what a shock to the system for us at Cullen Scholefield!! Monday was a bit of a blur, Tuesday less so and by Wednesday we were just about ready to start planning key actions for 2015 and we will continue today. January is inevitably a time for new beginnings and...
Time for you and yours
Just a thought – most of you know that I work and play hard, always have so probably always will. So whilst some of you may laugh when I say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy perhaps it is worthy of some attention…. We live with hectic schedules and over busy...
Don’t put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington!
Well it is Panto Season!! The recent report published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) on Careers of the Future gives key statistics for the top 100 jobs. Thank heavens HR and Industrial Relations Officers feature in the list. For those of you...
Celebrations
The power of positive re-enforcement should never be underestimated. This is why we love holding our annual presentation event. All of our candidates who completed their qualifications in 2014 were invited. This year we were delighted to have Peter Cheese, Chief...
Golden Reflections
It has been a busy week for me – over to the Isle of Man to launch our CIPD Advanced Award in Employment Law with Claire Singleton from asb law. To ensure we had a good Isle of Man flavour we are grateful to Julie Bradley from Manx Industrial Relations...
The Challenge of Getting it Right First Time
Interesting to see that two years after a systems collapse left Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers unable to use debit cards or cash machines for days, the bank has been fined £42 million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and £14 million...
